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He requested an interview with News 5's Sheree Paolello and offered an apology for the first time to his victims, but for many of them, it comes years too late.

Thea said she hadn't seen Hopper since she confronted him in court the day he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping her and a co-worker at a Franklin Township model home.

"I have forgiven him but that's for me," Thea said. "I didn't need to hear his words ever."

The wife and mother of three girls said she'd reclaimed her life years ago, and she refuses to call herself a victim.

"I never ever imagined that I would go through something like this, obviously, and be able to get to a point where I actually feel pity for him, and that's how I feel," she said.

Thea works with other rape survivors and talks openly with her daughters about what happened to her and how they can protect themselves.

But she admits she's a little bit curious about what Hopper has to say to her and the other women he raped.

News 5 met with Hopper at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, where he's serving more than 200 years in prison.

Hopper said he was sexually abused by two men when he was 9 years old and became obsessed with sex and having affairs after he was married at 17.

"Every day I try to come up with a sentence, a paragraph, even a word that can express my level of remorse for what I've done," Hopper said. "It's that deep. I know there's emotional scars that will stay with them the rest of their lives."

Thea was Hopper's last victim, when she showed him around the model home in the winter of 2006.

She watched a recording of Hopper's interview and never looked away, saying little as he explains his actions.

"I just felt like this was a feeble attempt to still connect and still try to exercise some kind of power or negative influence over someone," Thea said.

Thea said she's glad she was able to help convict Hopper, and she said he belongs in prison for the rest of his life.

Although many of his sentences are being served concurrently, Hopper will never have a chance at parole.